Benjamin B Lahey
Biographic Data
| ID | 92262 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Benjamin B Lahey |
| GIVEN NAMES | Benjamin B |
| FAMILY NAME | Lahey |
| SIGNATURE | LAHEY B B |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Chicago |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0385-9676 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 31 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 153 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 30 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1978 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 7 |
Mapping potential pathways from polygenic liability through brain structure to psychological problems across the transition to adolescence
Background We used a polygenic score for externalizing behavior (extPGS) and structural MRI to examine potential pathways from genetic liability to conduct problems via the brain across the adolescent transition. Methods Three annual assessments of child conduct problems, attention‐deficit/hyperactivity problems, and internalizing problems were conducted across across 9–13 years of age among 4,475 children of European ancestry in the Adolescent B…
Dimensions of Psychological Problems: Replacing Diagnostic Criteria with a More Science-Based and Less Stigmatizing Approach
A long-brewing revolution in how people think about psychological problems has finally reached a tipping point. Extensive scientific evidence now portrays psychological problems as problematic ways of thinking, feeling, and behaving that lie on continuous dimensions from insignificant to severe, with there being no hard line between "normal" and "abnormal." These dimensions of psychological problems are highly correlated and overlapping. This mea…
A hierarchical causal taxonomy of psychopathology across the life span
We propose a taxonomy of psychopathology based on patterns of shared causal influences identified in a review of multivariate behavior genetic studies that distinguish genetic and environmental influences that are either common to multiple dimensions of psychopathology or unique to each dimension. At the phenotypic level, first-order dimensions are defined by correlations among symptoms; correlations among first-order dimensions similarly define …
What we need to know about callous-unemotional traits: Comment on Frick, Ray, Thornton, and Kahn (2014)
Frick, Ray, Thornton, and Kahn (2014) presented a comprehensive and well-articulated review of studies relevant to the validity and utility of using callous-unemotional traits to subtype the diagnosis of conduct disorder (CD). Like definitions of subtypes of CD in previous versions of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, the available evidence on the validity of the new subtypes of CD in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual…
Critical Need for Family-Based, Quasi-Experimental Designs in Integrating Genetic and Social Science Research
Researchers have identified environmental risks that predict subsequent psychological and medical problems. Based on these correlational findings, researchers have developed and tested complex developmental models and have examined biological moderating factors (e.g., gene–environment interactions). In this context, we stress the critical need for researchers to use family-based, quasi-experimental designs when trying to integrate genetic and soc…
Advances in Clinical Child Psychology
Validity of DSM-IV attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder symptom dimensions and subtypes.
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 4th Edition (DSM-IV) criteria for attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) specify two dimensions of inattention and hyperactivity-impulsivity symptoms that are used to define three nominal subtypes: predominantly hyperactive-impulsive type (ADHD-H), predominantly inattentive type (ADHD-I), and combined type (ADHD-C). To aid decision making for DSM-5 and other future diagnostic systems…
Psychology: An Introduction
A contemporary take on a time tested classic. Students will master the central concepts of psychology with the new 11th edition of Psychology from Benjamin Lahey. The 11th edition has been thoroughly updated to include the latest research with an emphasis on Chapters 6 (Consciousness), 10 (Development) 14 (Abnormal) and 16 (Social Psychology). Lahey weaves scholarship based on empirical research throughout the text, ensuring an accurate portrait …
Biosocial Influences on the Family: A Decade Review
The past decade brought a remarkable increase in the number and quality of biosocial studies of family processes. The current review summarizes recent advances in biosocial family research by providing key exemplars of emerging research paradigms. Research in the past decade has substantiated the claim in the previous Decade Review ( Booth, Carver, & Granger, 2000 ) that bidirectional influences between all levels of analysis are paramount. There…
Public health significance of neuroticism.
The Cambridge Handbook of Violent Behavior and Aggression
From a team of leading experts comes a comprehensive, multidisciplinary examination of the most current research including the complex issue of violence and violent behavior. The handbook examines a range of theoretical, policy, and research issues and provides a comprehensive overview of aggressive and violent behavior. The breadth of coverage is impressive, ranging from research on biological factors related to violence and behavior-genetics to…
Maternal depression and early positive parenting predict future conduct problems in young children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder
Children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are at risk for adverse outcomes such as substance abuse and criminality, particularly if they develop conduct problems. Little is known about early predictors of the developmental course of conduct problems among children with ADHD, however. Parental psychopathology and parenting were assessed in 108 children who first met Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (4th ed.…
Testing the Model Minority Stereotype: Youth Behaviors across Racial and Ethnic Groups
Using data from a large nationally representative sample of adolescents attending school, this study tests the stereotype that youth of Asian Pacific Islander ethnicity (API) are the model minority. The results suggest that, except for substance use, API American youth do not report fewer delinquent behaviors than white youth; in fact, API American youth report slightly higher numbers of aggressive offenses than white youth, and female API Americ…
Antisocial Behavior and Youth Gang Membership: Selection and Socialization
We examine whether gang membership is associated with higher levels of delinquency because boys predisposed to delinquent activity are more likely than others to join. We use 10 years of longitudinal data from 858 participants of the Pittsburgh Youth Study to identify periods before, during and after gang membership. We build on prior research by controlling for ages and calendar time, by better accounting for gang memberships that occurred befor…
Family and neighborhood income: Additive and Multiplicative Associations With Youths' Well-Being
Oppositional Defiant and Conduct Disorder: A Review of the Past 10 Years, Part I
Maternal Age at First Birth and Boys' Risk for Conduct Disorder
Young maternal age is a known risk factor for behavior problems in children, but links to specific clinical disorders have not been established. Although a history of conduct problems in girls increases the risk of early pregnancy, multigenerational links between maternal history of problem behavior, age at first birth, and child conduct disorder (CD) have not been previously studied. In this sample of 177 primarily White, clinic-referred boys, m…
The Nimh Diagnostic Interview Schedule for Children Version 2.3 (Disc-2.3): Description, Acceptability, Prevalence Rates, and Performance in the Meca Study
Psychological Reactions of Nonsmokers to Secondhand Smoke
logical reactions of nonsmokers to secondhand smoke reviewed by Gibson (I 994) is impressive, but it understates the psychological effects. Speaking for the many nonsmokers with respiratory diseases, we experience each exposure to secondhand smoke as an immediate and often painful threat to health. As a consequence, we feel an anger toward smokers in our vicinity that is equal to the anger that anyone would feel against a person who assaults them…
Internalizing Problems and Their Relation to the Development of Disruptive Behaviors in Adolescence
The study focused on the intersection between internalizing and disruptive behavior problems. Subjects were 890 inner-city boys who were enrolled in the fourth and seventh grades of public schools. The boys were followed up with six assessments over the course of 3 years. Based on earlier research, three developmental pathways toward serious disruptive behavior were considered: an overt pathway, a covert pathway, and an authority conflict pathway…
Cardiovascular reactivity with caffeine and stress in black and white normotensive females
Forty-eight healthy, young, normotensive black and white women, half with and half without a parental history of hypertension, were studied using a double-blind, randomized design. Systolic (SBP) and diastolic (DBP) blood pressures and heart rate (HR) were recorded in response to 250 mg of caffeine vs placebo (3 mg) during rest and during a stressful mental arithmetic task. Results indicated no racial or parental history differences in response t…
Perception of Child, Child-Rearing Values, and Emotional Distress as Mediating Links between Environmental Stressors and Observed Maternal Behavior
Mother's Age as a Predictor of Observed Maternal Behavior in Three Independent Samples of Families
Rand D. Conger, John A. McCarty, Raymond K. Yang, Benjamin B. Lahey, Robert L. Burgess, Mother's Age as a Predictor of Observed Maternal Behavior in Three Independent Samples of Families, Journal of Marriage and Family, Vol. 46, No. 2 (May, 1984), pp. 411-424
Childhood obesity and social stigma: What we know and what we don't know
Some Implications for Intelligence Test Construction and Administration with Children of Different Racial Groups
An evaluation of Williams' (1972) culturally-specific intel ligence test, Black Intelligence Test of Cultural Homo geneity (BITCH-100), was made and was compared with the Anglo-oriented Vocabulary Subtest of the California Achievement Test (CAT) and with the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children, Revised Form (WISC-R). As predicted, Blacks generally scored higher on the BITCH-100, and Whites generally scored higher on the CAT and WISC-R. Absol…
Antisocial Behavior and Youth Gang Membership: Selection and Socialization
We examine whether gang membership is associated with higher levels of delinquency because boys predisposed to delinquent activity are more likely than others to join. We use 10 years of longitudinal data from 858 participants of the Pittsburgh Youth Study to identify periods before, during and after gang membership. We build on prior research by controlling for ages and calendar time, by better accounting for gang memberships that occurred befor…
Maternal depression and early positive parenting predict future conduct problems in young children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder
Children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are at risk for adverse outcomes such as substance abuse and criminality, particularly if they develop conduct problems. Little is known about early predictors of the developmental course of conduct problems among children with ADHD, however. Parental psychopathology and parenting were assessed in 108 children who first met Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (4th ed.…
Testing the Model Minority Stereotype: Youth Behaviors across Racial and Ethnic Groups
Using data from a large nationally representative sample of adolescents attending school, this study tests the stereotype that youth of Asian Pacific Islander ethnicity (API) are the model minority. The results suggest that, except for substance use, API American youth do not report fewer delinquent behaviors than white youth; in fact, API American youth report slightly higher numbers of aggressive offenses than white youth, and female API Americ…
Exercise and obesity: Etiology, physiology, and intervention
Discusses the relation between exercise and obesity in terms of etiology, physiology, and treatment outcome. It is considered that the role of activity level and caloric intake in the development of obesity is currently unclear because of the methodological limitations of past research. Salutary physiological effects of exercise on caloric intake, metabolic rate, and body composition are noted, and it is concluded that these changes may significa…
A hierarchical causal taxonomy of psychopathology across the life span
We propose a taxonomy of psychopathology based on patterns of shared causal influences identified in a review of multivariate behavior genetic studies that distinguish genetic and environmental influences that are either common to multiple dimensions of psychopathology or unique to each dimension. At the phenotypic level, first-order dimensions are defined by correlations among symptoms; correlations among first-order dimensions similarly define …
Critical Need for Family-Based, Quasi-Experimental Designs in Integrating Genetic and Social Science Research
Researchers have identified environmental risks that predict subsequent psychological and medical problems. Based on these correlational findings, researchers have developed and tested complex developmental models and have examined biological moderating factors (e.g., gene–environment interactions). In this context, we stress the critical need for researchers to use family-based, quasi-experimental designs when trying to integrate genetic and soc…
Mother's Age as a Predictor of Observed Maternal Behavior in Three Independent Samples of Families
Rand D. Conger, John A. McCarty, Raymond K. Yang, Benjamin B. Lahey, Robert L. Burgess, Mother's Age as a Predictor of Observed Maternal Behavior in Three Independent Samples of Families, Journal of Marriage and Family, Vol. 46, No. 2 (May, 1984), pp. 411-424
Family and neighborhood income: Additive and Multiplicative Associations With Youths' Well-Being
Maternal Age at First Birth and Boys' Risk for Conduct Disorder
Young maternal age is a known risk factor for behavior problems in children, but links to specific clinical disorders have not been established. Although a history of conduct problems in girls increases the risk of early pregnancy, multigenerational links between maternal history of problem behavior, age at first birth, and child conduct disorder (CD) have not been previously studied. In this sample of 177 primarily White, clinic-referred boys, m…
Internalizing Problems and Their Relation to the Development of Disruptive Behaviors in Adolescence
The study focused on the intersection between internalizing and disruptive behavior problems. Subjects were 890 inner-city boys who were enrolled in the fourth and seventh grades of public schools. The boys were followed up with six assessments over the course of 3 years. Based on earlier research, three developmental pathways toward serious disruptive behavior were considered: an overt pathway, a covert pathway, and an authority conflict pathway…
Some Implications for Intelligence Test Construction and Administration with Children of Different Racial Groups
An evaluation of Williams' (1972) culturally-specific intel ligence test, Black Intelligence Test of Cultural Homo geneity (BITCH-100), was made and was compared with the Anglo-oriented Vocabulary Subtest of the California Achievement Test (CAT) and with the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children, Revised Form (WISC-R). As predicted, Blacks generally scored higher on the BITCH-100, and Whites generally scored higher on the CAT and WISC-R. Absol…
Birth order × sex interactions in child behavior problems
Behavioral Aspects of Learning Disabilities and Hyperactivity
Cognitive behavior therapy with children: Has clinical utility been demonstrated
Cognitive behavior therapy with children: Has clinical utility been demonstrated
Birth order???sex interactions in child behavior problems
Birth order × sex interactions in child behavior problems
Exercise and obesity: Etiology, physiology, and intervention
Discusses the relation between exercise and obesity in terms of etiology, physiology, and treatment outcome. It is considered that the role of activity level and caloric intake in the development of obesity is currently unclear because of the methodological limitations of past research. Salutary physiological effects of exercise on caloric intake, metabolic rate, and body composition are noted, and it is concluded that these changes may significa…
Childhood obesity and social stigma: What we know and what we don't know
Some Implications for Intelligence Test Construction and Administration with Children of Different Racial Groups
An evaluation of Williams' (1972) culturally-specific intel ligence test, Black Intelligence Test of Cultural Homo geneity (BITCH-100), was made and was compared with the Anglo-oriented Vocabulary Subtest of the California Achievement Test (CAT) and with the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children, Revised Form (WISC-R). As predicted, Blacks generally scored higher on the BITCH-100, and Whites generally scored higher on the CAT and WISC-R. Absol…
Perception of Child, Child-Rearing Values, and Emotional Distress as Mediating Links between Environmental Stressors and Observed Maternal Behavior
Mother's Age as a Predictor of Observed Maternal Behavior in Three Independent Samples of Families
Rand D. Conger, John A. McCarty, Raymond K. Yang, Benjamin B. Lahey, Robert L. Burgess, Mother's Age as a Predictor of Observed Maternal Behavior in Three Independent Samples of Families, Journal of Marriage and Family, Vol. 46, No. 2 (May, 1984), pp. 411-424
Cardiovascular reactivity with caffeine and stress in black and white normotensive females
Forty-eight healthy, young, normotensive black and white women, half with and half without a parental history of hypertension, were studied using a double-blind, randomized design. Systolic (SBP) and diastolic (DBP) blood pressures and heart rate (HR) were recorded in response to 250 mg of caffeine vs placebo (3 mg) during rest and during a stressful mental arithmetic task. Results indicated no racial or parental history differences in response t…
Internalizing Problems and Their Relation to the Development of Disruptive Behaviors in Adolescence
The study focused on the intersection between internalizing and disruptive behavior problems. Subjects were 890 inner-city boys who were enrolled in the fourth and seventh grades of public schools. The boys were followed up with six assessments over the course of 3 years. Based on earlier research, three developmental pathways toward serious disruptive behavior were considered: an overt pathway, a covert pathway, and an authority conflict pathway…
The Nimh Diagnostic Interview Schedule for Children Version 2.3 (Disc-2.3): Description, Acceptability, Prevalence Rates, and Performance in the Meca Study
Psychological Reactions of Nonsmokers to Secondhand Smoke
logical reactions of nonsmokers to secondhand smoke reviewed by Gibson (I 994) is impressive, but it understates the psychological effects. Speaking for the many nonsmokers with respiratory diseases, we experience each exposure to secondhand smoke as an immediate and often painful threat to health. As a consequence, we feel an anger toward smokers in our vicinity that is equal to the anger that anyone would feel against a person who assaults them…
Oppositional Defiant and Conduct Disorder: A Review of the Past 10 Years, Part I
Maternal Age at First Birth and Boys' Risk for Conduct Disorder
Young maternal age is a known risk factor for behavior problems in children, but links to specific clinical disorders have not been established. Although a history of conduct problems in girls increases the risk of early pregnancy, multigenerational links between maternal history of problem behavior, age at first birth, and child conduct disorder (CD) have not been previously studied. In this sample of 177 primarily White, clinic-referred boys, m…
Family and neighborhood income: Additive and Multiplicative Associations With Youths' Well-Being
Antisocial Behavior and Youth Gang Membership: Selection and Socialization
We examine whether gang membership is associated with higher levels of delinquency because boys predisposed to delinquent activity are more likely than others to join. We use 10 years of longitudinal data from 858 participants of the Pittsburgh Youth Study to identify periods before, during and after gang membership. We build on prior research by controlling for ages and calendar time, by better accounting for gang memberships that occurred befor…
Testing the Model Minority Stereotype: Youth Behaviors across Racial and Ethnic Groups
Using data from a large nationally representative sample of adolescents attending school, this study tests the stereotype that youth of Asian Pacific Islander ethnicity (API) are the model minority. The results suggest that, except for substance use, API American youth do not report fewer delinquent behaviors than white youth; in fact, API American youth report slightly higher numbers of aggressive offenses than white youth, and female API Americ…
The Cambridge Handbook of Violent Behavior and Aggression
From a team of leading experts comes a comprehensive, multidisciplinary examination of the most current research including the complex issue of violence and violent behavior. The handbook examines a range of theoretical, policy, and research issues and provides a comprehensive overview of aggressive and violent behavior. The breadth of coverage is impressive, ranging from research on biological factors related to violence and behavior-genetics to…
Maternal depression and early positive parenting predict future conduct problems in young children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder
Children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are at risk for adverse outcomes such as substance abuse and criminality, particularly if they develop conduct problems. Little is known about early predictors of the developmental course of conduct problems among children with ADHD, however. Parental psychopathology and parenting were assessed in 108 children who first met Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (4th ed.…
Public health significance of neuroticism.
Biosocial Influences on the Family: A Decade Review
The past decade brought a remarkable increase in the number and quality of biosocial studies of family processes. The current review summarizes recent advances in biosocial family research by providing key exemplars of emerging research paradigms. Research in the past decade has substantiated the claim in the previous Decade Review ( Booth, Carver, & Granger, 2000 ) that bidirectional influences between all levels of analysis are paramount. There…
Psychology: An Introduction
A contemporary take on a time tested classic. Students will master the central concepts of psychology with the new 11th edition of Psychology from Benjamin Lahey. The 11th edition has been thoroughly updated to include the latest research with an emphasis on Chapters 6 (Consciousness), 10 (Development) 14 (Abnormal) and 16 (Social Psychology). Lahey weaves scholarship based on empirical research throughout the text, ensuring an accurate portrait …
Advances in Clinical Child Psychology
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